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Republican Senators in ‘Wait and See’ Mode for Trump’s National Emergency Declaration

Republican Senators in ‘Wait and See’ Mode for Trump’s National Emergency Declaration
As part of infrastructure reinforcement under Operation Secure Line, members of the U.S. Army 104th Engineer Construction Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade install concertina wire on the border wall east of the Port of Nogales, AZ, Deconcini Crossing, on November 28, 2018. (Photo: Customs and Border Patrol)

Republican lawmakers who voted Thursday for a bill to fund the remaining fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills said they wish to learn exactly how President Trump plans to declare a national emergency to find additional funds for the border wall before making a judgment. The Senate passed H.J. Res. 31, the fourth and final FY ’19 appropriations package that included funding for the Department of Homeland Security, by an overwhelming majority of 83-16 Thursday afternoon. The House is expected to…

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